The back of this building on Elm Street in Over-the-Rhine is deteriorating rapidly. The city Board of Housing Appeals has given owner 3CDC 60 days to start work on stabilizing the building.

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Nonprofit developer 3CDC says it has reorganized staff to take better care of the vacant buildings it owns in Over-the-Rhine following recent criticism from the city Board of Housing Appeals.

Chad Munitz, executive vice president of asset and capital management, also apologized to the board Monday before explaining stabilization plans for 1416 Elm St., a building with a massive hole in its rear brick wall.

The Board of Housing Appeals has fined 3CDC three times this year - most recently in May - for failing to maintain the city's minimum standards for vacant buildings, such as keeping them ...